Brentin Mock writes for Colorlines: “The sealing of the school-to-prison pipeline in Meridian, Miss. has officially started after a U.S. District Court judge approved what the Department of Justice is calling ‘a landmark consent decree’ that features a ‘…
Fatima Goss Graves writes at the National Women’s Law Center: “On Wednesday, October 10, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of UT Austin’s undergraduate affirmative-action admissions program. The vast majority of students are…
Nelson D. Schwartz and Michael Cooper writes for The New York Times: “As a partner and chief diversity officer at Thompson & Knight, Pauline Higgins was not afraid to press the issue of hiring minorities at the 126-year-old Texas law firm. But when s…
Natasha Lennard writes for Salon: “As the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk tactic continues to be challenged in a landmark federal court case, new statistics suggest that the controversial and racially skewed practice may not even serve to lower crime rates. Accord…
Adam Serwer and Jaeah Lee write at Mother Jones: “This week, New York City is defending itself against a lawsuit that claims its controversial ‘stop and frisk’ policy is used to illegally detain and search people on the basis of race. The subject of an o…